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Uarda Petriti

Albania

Detailed information about this course:

Description

Faculty: Kamran Ikram, MD PhD

This is a course in which the theoretical background and practical application of basic epidemiologic analytic tools is discussed. Special attention will be paid on issues such as normalization, standardization, and categorization, combining multiple variables, combining multiple sources etc. The goal is to provide students with the understanding and tools to perform epidemiologic data analysis.

Objectives

To gain a better understanding of issues concerned with categorization and dichotomization of variables

To better understand the usage of normalization and standardization

To learn different methods to combine data from multiple sources

Participant profile

The course is particularly intended for students who have completed their data collection and move towards data analysis. No prior knowledge is required although understanding of basic epidemiology is helpful.